Title: Paris Lights
Series: Heart of the City #1
Author: C.J. Duggan
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: November 13, 2016
Blurb
The first standalone book in CJ Duggan's HEART OF THE CITY series - a very sassy, super sexy New Adult romance from the internationally bestselling author of the SUMMER and PARADISE series.
'You're breaking up with me!'
'You're breaking up with me!'
He was silent.
'In Paris.'
Eyes dropping.
'Under the Eiffel-fucking-Tower!' I screamed.
Twenty-five-year-old Claire Shorten had looked forward to spending a romantic weekend in Paris for as long as she could remember, and now it was here - three blissful days of strolling through cobbled streets arm-in-arm with her beloved, eating copious amounts of baked goods and soaking up the culture through each and every pore of her body. Well, at least, that was how she'd pictured it . . .
Even after her boyfriend dumps her rather unceremoniously in the most romantic place on earth, Claire is determined not to give up on her dream altogether - with or without a boyfriend. She finds herself a job in the kitchen of a small hotel; Michelin-starred it most certainly is not, but somehow Claire makes a place for herself amidst the dirty dishes and the foreign misfits who run the place.
When the restaurant attracts the attention of the enigmatic - if not slightly terrifying - tycoon Louis Delarue, and Claire manages to survive his high-powered business luncheon from hell, she knows that she can survive anything, surely. But all bets are off when Louis makes a game-changing decision: he's coming back for a second course . . .
When the restaurant attracts the attention of the enigmatic - if not slightly terrifying - tycoon Louis Delarue, and Claire manages to survive his high-powered business luncheon from hell, she knows that she can survive anything, surely. But all bets are off when Louis makes a game-changing decision: he's coming back for a second course . . .
Captain's Log :: Review
*sigh* I had really hoped to love this book. Honestly. I just didn't.
Everything seemed to far-fetched in terms of that stuff really happening. I bought the break up even though it sucked. I bought her getting a "job" at the hotel, even though it was unlikely. But that's where I stopped believing anything that happened to her.
Then she meets this famous chef. Who renovates restaurants and hotels. That falls for her even though he's a cold hearted snake <Paula Abdul FOREVER>
Basically anything that happens after they meet, I kept saying "No way is this based in any kind of reality" because it wasn't. Listen. I understand that this is totally fiction. It's made up. Of course books are a fantasy for an escape but this one? Way more fantasy than reality and I NEED that dose of reality. NEED IT.
But I did like how things wrapped up and it seemed to redeem a lot of things but left a lot more questions.
Over all, I'm giving this one a mediocre three stars.
Over all, I'm giving this one a mediocre three stars.
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Author Bio
CJ Duggan is a number one internationally bestselling Australian author of seven independent titles of her popular New Adult Summer Series. In addition to her chart-topping indie novels, CJ is set to publish two titles with Hachette, Australia with her brand-new Paradise Series in 2015 (Paradise City and Paradise Road).
CJ lives with her husband in a rural border town of New South Wales, Australia. When she isn't writing books about swoony boys and 90s pop culture you will find her renovating her hundred-year-old Victorian homestead or annoying her local travel agent for a quote to escape the chaos.
CJ lives with her husband in a rural border town of New South Wales, Australia. When she isn't writing books about swoony boys and 90s pop culture you will find her renovating her hundred-year-old Victorian homestead or annoying her local travel agent for a quote to escape the chaos.
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